Trafford's body was found in his pickup truck on Tuesday, eight days after he went missing, the Saginaw Spirit announced. Trafford, 20, disappeared shortly after the team sent him home for disciplinary reasons and had told his girlfriend he was "devastated" by it.

The Spirit released a statement confirming the news:

Our deepest condolences are with Terry’s family and his friends both in Ontario and Michigan. Terry played on our team and was a member of the Spirit family for the last four years and he will be missed.

We have reached out to Terry’s parents and will look to provide them with support over the coming days. In addition, we met with team players and staff this evening, along with our Team Chaplain.

On behalf of the Spirit we would like to thank the police who were looking for Terry, the media for providing updates and all who provided information. The coming days will be difficult and we will endeavor to keep the community and media apprised of arrangements and other details.

Trafford last was seen about 9:30 a.m. on March 3 at the Dow Event Center, the team's home arena in Saginaw, Mich. Michigan State Police started investigating his disappearance on March 9 and had coordinated their efforts with police in Trafford's hometown of Toronto.

He'd been living with Saginaw coach Craig Goslin and his family.

"The reason that he was in with us was that he needed some mentoring," Goslin told MLive.com. "We made sure we mentored the young man."